As Colorado lawmakers get closer to passing a bill that would stringently restrict and regulate the sale and production of high capacity magazines in Colorado, Magpul, with their back against the wall, announced that theyll just move to another state if the bill passes.

The Magpul van parked outside the Colorado statehouse when a spokesman spoke to lawmakers.

Our company [Magpul] could not, in good conscience, continue to manufacture our products in a state where law-abiding citizens are prohibited from purchasing and owning them.  Founder, President and CEO of Magpul Industries Richard Fitzpatrick said in a statement. The passage of this bill will do nothing to enhance public safety, but will force us to immediately begin taking our business to another state.

On Feb. 15 the Colorado General Assembly passed an amended version of House Bill 13-1224 in a preliminary vote. The bill would prohibit the sale, transfer or possession of a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds, or more than five shotgun shells. In addition to restricting the ownership of those items, the bill would also heavily regulate the manufacturing or assembly of them. Manufacturers would have to engrave a serial number and date of assembly on magazines with a capacity larger the those previously mentioned.

The amendment added to the bill will exclude manufacturers, retailers that cater to out-of-state customers, and federal and local officials from penalty for possession or transfer of the items. However, civilians who already own high cap mags would also be excluded from penalty  just as long as they dont try to sell them. The bill was introduced Feb. 7.

Better still, a company that looks out for its own financial interest. This bill will dramatically increase the cost of production. They really have no choice.

I wonder if they’ll move the employees, or simply fire everybody and hire new people after they relocate. I think they want to move to Wyoming at the junction of two Interstates (25 and either 80 or 90).

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posted on 02/17/2013 12:35:39 PM PST
by Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)

And they are more than welcome here-we need the jobs, too. The ones we don’t need here are the escapees from onerous taxes in states like California, who bring their liberal politics with them-let those stay in the states they ruined-we’ve got too many of those people in the cities already...

Governor Perry needs to get on the phone right after passage in Colorado (assuming it passes).

He needs to go to all the major manufactures of parts and firearms in states that are attempting that nonsense and personally invite them to Texas. Have A.G. Greg Abbot follow up with info on the leagal protections that can be provided.

THEN...

He should visit all the OTHER domestic parts and firearms AND ammo manufactures about creating or moving facilities to Texas.

He can easily create a "Texas Industrial Firearms Coalition" and develop it into a single point of access that will have a high degree of steady and reliable delivery of quality arms, parts, components and ammunition to both domestic and international customers.

Then he can point out how he reversed the other states job-killing and turned it into even more Texas job creation.

I wonder if they’ll move the employees, or simply fire everybody and hire new people after they relocate.

They ought to do what that e-mail circulating around says one boss in Floriduh did .... walked through his parking lot and checked all the cars with Obama bumper-stickers, and made up his layoff list from that.

If I were anyone in the Texas government, I'd have had feelers out to Magpul weeks ago. By now I'd have an info package together identifying potential locations and local tax rates.

Hey-anyone who shows up at the general store out here with an Obama sticker on their vehicle gets a semi-hostile “not from around here, are you?” look-and there’s little help should they be lost, looking for the home of a friend/relative, especially if they have out-of-state plates. I’ve given that look many times.

A clerk or customer will ask what road they’re looking for, then give them directions only a local could follow-maybe. Followed up with a smile and “now don’t you turn off on any other road, you hear?-you’ll get lost for sure”... I’m pretty sure there are lost Obama voters driving endlessly around the unpaved roads out here, like in “The Ballad of the MTA”...

LMAO! It makes for a good song, not good sense-but a folk-and-rock group that performed at a college bar/hangout I went to always sang that at the station at quarter-past-two Charlie’s wife flipped him the finger-not a sandwich or a nickel...

That is funny. I remember hearing that song back in the 60s and wondering the same thing. I used to have the Kingston Trio album with that and a bunch of other good songs on it. I gave all my LPs away many years age. To my surprise they seem to be making a bit of a comeback. I doubt my film cameras will ever do the same thing tho.

Obviously it was not intended to be taken seriously but it still was so clearly stupid.

"He can easily create a "Texas Industrial Firearms Coalition" and develop it into a single point of access...."

Excellent idea.

Possibly designate the vast Hill Country area west of Austin as the new Texas firearm manufacturing zone. Nice climate, interesting landscape, friendly people, pretty women. Spread around some tax breaks and it could fly pretty well.

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posted on 02/17/2013 3:21:20 PM PST
by SnuffaBolshevik
(In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)

Whether it passes or not, it would still pay to move to Texas. The only reason a business won’t move right now is uprooting is hard and costly. In 5 years, they would pay for the move,....maybe sooner.

Texas has Freedom, Ted Cruz, a great Economy and a Population that understands Obama is the Commie Messiah that threatens the very existence of The Republic. Those things alone make Texas the place to be, but your Weather, not a chance.

Yes, I do live in Commiefornia, where the Weather is the ONLY thing positive going for this State.

When circumstances allow, I will be sacrificing the CA Weather for my Personal Freedom in one of the FREE States. Texas might just be on my list of possibilities.

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posted on 02/17/2013 3:59:32 PM PST
by Kickass Conservative
(When the Sheep elect a Wolf to lead them, it's time for the Sheepdogs to move to Texas.)

The comments there and here are a hoot. Lots of people offering their states as a good place to relocate.

The way to really get the attention of state legislators is for their constituents to let them know this will cost jobs. This is one of the best ways to get the message through their thick skulls.

As a multiplier, such people can contact their friends in the area and let them know that they will have no choice but to leave if the legislature passes that bill. This means local professionals like doctors & dentists, accountants, and businesses will be losing customers they know and like, and it will hit their bottom line as well.

Optimally, those Democrat legislators in weak districts will be most vulnerable to persuasion, and if enough of them can be turned against it, it will fail.

My wife’s Grandmother worked at The Remington Ammunition Factory, in Bridgeport, CT during WW II. When she told stories of the air raid drills, of the era, you could see the palpable fear, on her face. Naturally, the business unfriendly practices of the state caused them to shuttter the factory 25 years ago. Such a loss :(

I don’t own an AR but I’ll promise to buy some P-Mags as soon as they’re available as a show of support. BTW, I sure hope Colt, Smith & Wesson, and Kimber pick up and move to a more gun friendly state.

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